The prelude to the song is an audial account of a day at the fancy hotels or country clubs to set up the band for the party. Bits of roady stories reverberate over the backdrop of hotel ballroom-type sounds. The ever-present end-of-the-party woman who can’t find her purse is celebrated in the tejano style tune, “No Tengo la Bolsa”

Yo no se donde esta,

Yo no veo una bolsa.

Necesito trabajar

esta guera me perturbar.

Me pregunto si podria encontrar

su culo con dos manos.

Se enfrenta a mi

su esposo borracho.

No tengo la bolsa!

No perturba me, cabrona!

Yo no tengo su bolsa!

Yo trabajo ahora,

porque no pida al Capitan?

(English Translation)

I don’t know where it is,

I don’t see a purse

I need to work

This white woman is bugging me.

I wonder if she could find

her ass with both hands.

Her drunken husband

is accosting me.

I don’t have the purse!

Don’t pester me, you goat!

I don’t have your purse!

I’m working now,

Why don’t you ask the room captain?

copyright Zanerbob 2000

20%

Everyplace

Everyplace

there’s those who eat

and those who can not pay.

What kind of world

would let it be that way?

Business men

with all their wealth

tell us what to do.

Them with gold,

they make all the rules.

The ones on top don’t give a damn

about the ones in need.

Their avaricious exploits show the depth

of their greed.

What we fear,

and what we hate

is what we have become.

Or perhaps,

we’ve been there all along

Them or us,

us or them

the small man pays the price.

The consequence

of taking bad advice.

Violence speaks for ignorance.

And greed’s a wretched way.

Soon I hope equality and peace

can have their day.

20%

Brainwashed and misled

the masses

exist in complacency.

They never question

what they are told.

Controlled

by an Orwellian elite.

Which tells them what to think,

and tells them what to do,

which controls their world

right down to the food

that they eat.

Whatever will incite them

and occupy their minds

is what they are shown on TV.

So they never notice

that they’ve been had,

content with their toys

and the lie

that they have freedom

and they have choice,

these slaves to their own

foolish way of life.

Wake up free thinkers,

and see the signs.

Our lives depend on you -

the 20%

or so whose minds aren’t warped

by hate

and misguided views.

Stand up for what’s right

against foolishness

and tyranny

and some day

we will all

be free.

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Cowboys and Visionaries

(Excerpts from speeches by FDR, JFK, and MLK)

FDR

“A second bill of rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all, regardless of station, or race, or creed.”

JFK

“There is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand it’s use to the very limits of official censorship and concealment.”